Khartoum North or Khartoum Bahri ( ar, الخرطوم بحري, al-Kharṭūm Baḥrī) is a city in

Khartoum State Khartoum State ( ar, ولاية الخرطوم, Wilāyat al-Kharṭūm) is one of the eighteen states of Sudan. Although it is the smallest state by area (22,142 km2), it is the most populous (5,274,321 in 2008 census). It contains the coun ...

, lying to the north of Khartoum city, the capital of Sudan. It is located on the north bank of the

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and the east bank of the River Nile, near the confluence of the Blue Nile with the

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, and bridges connect it with both

Khartoum Khartoum or Khartum ( ; ar, الخرطوم, Al-Khurṭūm, din, Kaartuɔ̈m) is the capital of Sudan. With a population of 5,274,321, its metropolitan area is the largest in Sudan. It is located at the confluence of the White Nile, flowing n ...

to its south and Omdurman to its west. It had a population of 1,012,211 at the last Sudanese

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in 2008. It is part of a three-city agglomeration (with

proper and Omdurman) with a combined population of 4,272,728 in 2008.

Demographics

History

The original settlement at Khartoum North, Halfaya, was long the largest settlement in the area of the Nile confluence before the Egyptians established

as their military garrison and administrative center in the 1820s." It was thereafter eclipsed by the Egyptian Khartoum, its Mahdist replacement Omdurman, and the

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refounding of Khartoum following their reconquest of the country in 1898. Khartoum North began to grow again, however, as the southern terminus of the Sudan Military Railroad, which was completed in 1899. (The Blue Nile was bridged in 1910 and the line extended to

Sennar Sennar ( ar, سنار ') is a city on the Blue Nile in Sudan and possibly the capital of the state of Sennar. It remains publicly unclear whether Sennar or Singa is the capital of Sennar State. For several centuries it was the capital of the F ...

, but Khartoum North continued to serve as the main railroad station and yard.) On August 20, 1998 the

Al-Shifa pharmaceutical factory The Al-Shifa (الشفاء, Arabic for "healing") pharmaceutical factory in Khartoum North, Sudan, was constructed between 1992 and 1996 with components imported from Germany, India, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand and the United ...

was destroyed by a cruise missile because the United States accused the factory of making

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for al-Qaeda.

Economy and industry

The industrial centre of the region and the country, the neighborhood contains dockyards, marine and rail workshops, and sawmills. Khartoum North trades in cotton, grains, fruit, and livestock; industries include tanning, brewing, brickmaking, textile weaving, and food processing. Since the year 2000,

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plants supplying household products to the rest of the country have been built in the neighborhood . A wealthy suburb is growing towards the eastern part of the neighborhood, along the

Neighbourhoods

Khartoum North has many neighborhoods, some of which are: * Alamlaak * Kober * Kafouri * Bahri Industrial Area * Al Haj Yousif * Al Sababi * Al Dnagla North * Al Dnagla South * Hilat Hamad * Hilat Khojali * Hilat Koko * Alshabia North * Alshabia South * Almazad * Almugtaribin * Almerghania * Alsafia * Shambat * Khoglab * Alqadisia * السامراب * الدروشاب * حطاب * دردوق * الحلفايه * العزبه * الكدرو * ابو حليمه * الجيلي * نبته * الفكي هاشم

Infrastructure

Bridges

The following bridges cross the

and connect Khartoum North to Khartoum: *

Mac Nimir Bridge Opened in 2007, the El Mek Nimr Bridge links the downtown area of Khartoum, Sudan with the adjacent city of Khartoum North across the Blue Nile river. It is named after Mek Nimr El Mek Nimr, also known as Nimr Muhammad, (c. 1785 to 1846) was t ...

* Blue Nile Road and Railway Bridge * Cooper Bridge * Al Mansheiya Bridge *

Shambat Bridge Shambat may refer to: * Shambat (city), city in Sudan * Shambat (khan), 7th century khan of the Bulgars {{disambiguation ...

crosses the

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and connects the neighborhood to Omdurman

Education

* Mashreq University * University of Bahri *

Alzaiem Alazhari University The Alzaiem Alazhari University ( ar, جامعة الزعيم الأزهري) located in Khartoum North, Sudan. It was established in 1993 in memory of Ismail al-Azhari. It is a member of the Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World ...

* Al-Salama Collage of Science and Technology Alsafia_Cinema

References

Populated places in Khartoum (state) Populated places on the Nile {{Sudan-geo-stub